The AfricaNews articles of Ntungwe Ngalame Elias
Cameroon’s electoral body suffers credibility blow
The credibility of Elections Cameroon, ELECAM, the body charged with the conduct of the October 9th 2011 presidential elections has suffered yet another setback after one of its members Pauline Biyong was found guilty against accusations by the press of drumming support for the CPDM presidential candidate Paul Biya and obtaining the contract to run his campaign promotion. - A presidential decree by Paul Biya late last Friday confirmed her repudiation as member of ELECAM following a decision reached by the board just two days before electors went to the polls for the elections. ELECAM board Chair Fonkam Azu’u said the decision to expel Pauline Biyong came after she was found guilty of v…Cameroon: Investment plans endanger forest reserves
Cameroon's dream of building, digging and mining its way out of widespread poverty by 2035 has sparked a war of words between government officials and environmentalists who say the plan encroaches on millions of hectares of forest and threatens local livelihoods. - “We regret that these rural forest community people have to suffer and that the vast deforestation triggered by these development projects will have (a) serious impact on climate change,” said Jean Jacques Zam, president of the Cameroon Parliamentary Network for Sustainable Forest Management, at a recent meeting on climate change in Bertoua in eastern Cameroon.
Tropical forest covers about 15 percent of the wor…Competition begins for Cameroon’s 21 candidates
As political competition begins in Cameroon following the publication of the list of 21 finalists for the October 9 presidential elections, the different office seekers are expected to reinvigorate the march towards democratic transition and economic change in the country. The expectations of many Cameroonians are high as they look up to a leader who can bail the country out of its economic quagmire. - Popular opinion according to some observers have it that Cameroonians are in dire need of change that will bring new and stimulating perspectives, be it in the institutions, economy, employment, health, moral values, social security etc. Thus they are accordingly looking forth to a more vigoro…Cameroon: Using mosquito nets to catch votes
Nothing catches mosquitoes better than a mosquito net. But politicians in Cameroon think mosquito nets can equally be used to catch valuable votes in the up coming October 2011 presidential election in that country. - This apparently has been the lingering, albeit surreptitious game plan in the minds of the ruling CPDM political stalwarts as government set out to launch the distribution of over 8.6 million mosquito nets to some 8 million households through out the national territory free of charge, to arrest the scourge of malaria.
The over 9000 mammoth crowd that thronged the Yaounde multi-purpose sports complex last weekend to witness the launching ceremony, presided over by Prime Mini…Cameroon allows citizens living abroad to vote
Cameroon's parliament has passed a law that permits its citizens living abroad to vote in elections in the country, meeting a key demand by the leading opposition party in the country, the Social Democratic Front, SDF, over the years. The bill was passed in an extraordinary session of the country's parliament last week. - The bill, according to SDF parliamentary group leader Joseph Mbah Ndam is now awaiting the signature of the president, Paul Biya, to pave the way for some estimated two million Cameroonians out there in the Diaspora to take part in the very crucial presidential election, expected in the country in October. The new bill he said is in accordance with article two o…US to support Cameroon tackle human trafficking
The US Ambassador to Cameroon, Robert P.Jackson has revealed the readiness of his government to help Cameroon institute adequate and results-oriented mechanism to curb the ascending rate of human trafficking in the country. The ambassador, who vehemently denounced the practice, pledged the total collaboration of his government to stamp out what he described as one of the worst abuse of human rights in the globe. - Jackson who was speaking to the press after an audience with Cameroon’s minister of social affairs Catherine Bakang Mbock in Yaounde recently frowned at what he described as lesser faire and impunity that makes governance in Cameroon in particular and some African countries i…Cameroon: Heavy rains aggravate spread of cholera
An unprecedented outbreak of cholera epidemic that hit Yaounde. The capital city of Cameroon is spreading rapidly wrecking havoc with already over 250 registered dead cases in two months, Cameroon's minister of public health, Andre Mama said. - The rapid spread of the epidemic has been attributed to heavy rains that have triggered floods, contaminating drinking water from dug wells especially in some squalid quarters of the city, council authorities say.
“Heavy rains that started very unusually in February this year has caused floods in some quarters like Biyemassi, Mendong, Carriere, Obili where many cases of the cholera epidemic have been reported,” says the government …Cameroon: Redeeming abandoned artistic talent
There is a popular African aphorism that a prophet is hardly recognized in his own town or village. This adage holds true for 83 years old Cameroonian born artists Gaspar Goman whose artistic talent and works of enduring value has hardly been recognized in his home country though widely acclaimed in foreign countries where he has had the rare opportunity to be invited to show case his knowhow. - Exhibiting some samples of his gallery of arts works at the German Cooperation building in Yaounde Cameroon recently on the invitation of the German Development Cooperation, Gaspar Goman could not hide his exasperation that he just was not being given the recognition he deserved in his country by his…
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